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CVE-2018-16131
The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote…
High7.5EPSS 3.1%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.11GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg (opens in a new tab)
- Mavencom.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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